Quezon City – To demonstrate her openness to dialogue with various sectors,  Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman met with the leaders of GABRIELA and People Surge, an alliance of Typhoon Yolanda survivors from Eastern Visayas, yesterday at the DSWD Central Office and discussed issues on relief distribution,  provision of P40,000 continue reading : Sec. Soliman answers GABRIELA, People Surge’s issues at dialogue in Manila

According to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), women constitute 48 percent of 28 million poor individuals identified through the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTSPR) or Listahanan. Listahanan is a project of the national government that is being implemented by the DSWD. It is an information management system that identifies continue reading : DSWD data show almost half of poor sector are women

Zamboanga City – In celebration of Women’s Month this March,  the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Field Office IX gathered some 264 pregnant women for a one day break from their daily routine to participate in the “Buntis Congress” it organized on Monday. Aside from being heavy with babies, another thing the women have in continue reading : DSWD sponsors pregnant women’s day out

This was the answer of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) on the allegation that it has paid P1,200 to a number of Typhoon Yolanda survivors in exchange for “favorable feedback” about its relief work. “It is our duty to serve the public, and as such, we do not work to receive praise continue reading : We do not coerce ‘Yolanda’ survivors to praise our work — DSWD

Madalag, Aklan – When women gather, it is all too easy to assume that they are gossiping.  Indeed, this has become such a stereotype in the Philippine scenario which is commonly portrayed in local films and sitcoms, even exaggerated at times, to show the Filipino women’s fondness for this habit. In this town, a group of women continue reading : Madalag women: Movers of change

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is hosting an ASEAN Workshop entitled “Regional Workshop and Comparative Study of Social Pensions in the ASEAN” from March 11-14, 2014 at the Dusit Thani Hotel, Makati City. In line with the theme “Building Towards a Comparative Study on Social Pension Scheme”, more than 50 delegates from continue reading : DSWD hosts ASEAN Workshop on Social Pension

“This is high time we reinvent the way we address poverty.” This was the challenge Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Assistant Secretary Teodulo Romo posted to the participants of the Department’s consultation workshop attended by 60 of its partner-institutions for the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) on March 5. Asec. Romo challenged the partners continue reading : Public, private sectors come together for DSWD’s livelihood program

Tacloban City, Leyte ― The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) through the “Wish Upon a Star Project” granted the wishes of some 1,015 children from 18 northern barangays of this city. School supplies, shoes, clothes, bicycles, and toys among others were distributed to them this morning at the Convention Center. The goods were continue reading : Over 1,000 ‘Yolanda’ kid-survivors get their wishes granted

Cagayan de Oro City — Starting a business with limited resources is a challenge, especially for women. For Susana Cabreros, 51, a housewife from Zone 1, Upper Carmen, this city, life has not been easy. Her husband is a “motorela” driver who earns a meager income barely enough to support their daily needs. Things started continue reading : Mother trains children to complement her business

Simultaneous dialogues between the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and People Surge, a group of Typhoon Yolanda survivors from Eastern Visayas,  were held on Wednesday at DSWD-Field Office VIII  in Tacloban City and at the Central Office in Quezon City to clarify issues on the ongoing disaster operations for typhoon survivors. In Tacloban continue reading : DSWD holds simultaneous dialogues with protesters